lass

Plural: lasses

Noun

• A girl or young woman; a sweetheart.
• a girl or young woman who is unmarried
• A girl; also (by extension), a young woman.
• A girl; also (by extension), a young woman.
• A female member of the Salvation Army; a hallelujah lass.
• A sweetheart.
• A female servant; a maid, a maidservant.
• A term of address for a woman, or a female animal.

Examples

• Come and dance, ye lads and lasses!
• He played ’LASS’ for a modest score, imagining a young woman admiring his Scrabble skills.

Synonyms

jeune fille, lassie, young girl, Wearside), babber, babe, baby, babycakes, bae, baggage, bim, bint, bird, bitch, blone, broad, bubba, bully, buttercup, cabbage, cake, chick, chickabiddy, chickadee, chuck, colleen, covess, cupcake, cutie, cutty, dag, dame, damoiselle, damsel, darling, dear, dear heart, dearest, dearie, dearling, dialectal (chiefly Geordie, doll, donna, doodlebug, dove, duck, ducky, dumpling, elrig, fam, feme, femme, femoid, frail, frau, frow, gal, gel, gentlelady, ginch, girl, girlie, girly, grill, heart, heartface, heartling, heartmate, hen, hinny, ho, hon, honey, honey bun, honeybug, honeybunch, honeybunny, honeycakes, honeypie, hottie, huwoman, informal or poetic), jewel, jo, kidder, lady, lambchop, lambkin, lass, lass (archaic except UK, liefling, little girl, little one, love, lovebug, loveling, lovie, luvvy, m'dear, maggie, maid, maid child, maiden, maness, minoress, miss, missy, miting, moggy, moppet, mopsy, mort, mouse, muffin, mulier, muss, old bean, old sport, pally, pet, petal, placket, poppet, pucelle, pug, pumpkin, puss, pussums, pussy, quean, queen, sausage, schnookums, she, sheila, shug, skirt, snicklefritz, snookums, snuggums, squaw, squishy, sug, sugar, sugar baby, sugar beet, sugar-plum, sugarpie, sweet pea, sweetcheeks, sweetheart, sweetie, sweetie pie, sweetling, sweets, tart, thot, treasure, twist, tía, vaginoid, wan, wench, wife, wimmin, woman, woman child, wommon, womon, womxn, womyn, woobie